1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.CO 1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,158 When a man turns 40, he begins to take measure of himself. 2 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,183 I must admit, I don't like what I see. 3 00:00:01,103 --> 00:00:03,047 You're turning 43. 4 00:00:04,828 --> 00:00:07,783 If you don't mind, I'm trying to appear vulnerable... 5 00:00:07,893 --> 00:00:12,433 to facilitate my snorkeling up your thighbone later. 6 00:00:12,540 --> 00:00:16,125 Alan, you boyfriend, me girlfriend. 7 00:00:16,232 --> 00:00:18,176 You have a season's pass. 8 00:00:18,274 --> 00:00:23,017 You're ruining the conquest part, which is all it's really about for me. 9 00:00:23,119 --> 00:00:26,569 Really? Well, how about a little playacting then? 10 00:00:26,679 --> 00:00:29,769 Only if this time I get to be the sheep. 11 00:00:31,788 --> 00:00:34,192 I'm gonna sit over there and pretend to be alone. 12 00:00:34,293 --> 00:00:38,114 You're gonna approach me, being the stranger that you are, and conquest me. 13 00:00:38,215 --> 00:00:39,606 Oh, don't be silly. 14 00:00:39,618 --> 00:00:43,024 No. I'd like to see how you operate, Mr. Shore. 15 00:00:47,937 --> 00:00:49,544 Mmm. 16 00:01:01,022 --> 00:01:02,899 How you doing? 17 00:01:03,000 --> 00:01:05,832 - Fine, thank you. - I'm Joe. 18 00:01:05,934 --> 00:01:09,417 - I'm with somebody. - Who? 19 00:01:09,525 --> 00:01:13,605 Hello. I'm a complete stranger, and I'm here to pick you up. 20 00:01:16,282 --> 00:01:20,665 Oh, I see. There's two of us. I'll be evens, you be odds. 21 00:01:20,765 --> 00:01:22,304 You got a problem? 22 00:01:22,413 --> 00:01:27,717 No, actually. I just saw this fair maiden here talking to a tree trunk. 23 00:01:27,818 --> 00:01:31,233 And since I'm an arborist, I thought I could help translate. 24 00:01:31,344 --> 00:01:34,670 Here's a health tip... walk away. 25 00:01:34,772 --> 00:01:36,277 - Why would I do that? - All right. Guys... 26 00:01:36,387 --> 00:01:39,409 - Beat it. - Don't be deceived by my cushy appearance. 27 00:01:39,518 --> 00:01:41,889 Excuse me. I actually am with him. 28 00:01:41,990 --> 00:01:45,642 I don't care. Walk away or I lay you out. 29 00:01:45,747 --> 00:01:50,489 I don't mean to be a stickler, but isn't the object to lay her out? 30 00:01:50,592 --> 00:01:51,493 Hey! 31 00:01:51,505 --> 00:01:54,244 Oh, gee. I'm sorry. I was reaching for my wallet. 32 00:01:54,349 --> 00:01:57,113 I see. 33 00:01:57,217 --> 00:02:00,049 Allow me to reach for mine. 34 00:02:02,424 --> 00:02:04,166 - Are you all right? - Fine. 35 00:02:04,271 --> 00:02:06,934 Hello, big people. 36 00:02:07,038 --> 00:02:10,061 Sorry to intrude, but you seem rather strapping. 37 00:02:10,169 --> 00:02:14,845 Here's $300. Would you be so kind as to go hit that man down there? 38 00:02:16,432 --> 00:02:18,309 - Really? - Alan! 39 00:02:18,410 --> 00:02:21,668 There's an extra hundred if he goes down. 40 00:02:21,771 --> 00:02:23,412 Dude, you're on. 41 00:02:23,518 --> 00:02:26,608 - Make it a good one. - Oh, for God's sakes. 42 00:02:32,482 --> 00:02:34,786 Ooh! 43 00:02:34,889 --> 00:02:37,158 - Nice! - You go! You go! 44 00:02:39,569 --> 00:02:41,839 Here's a hundred. Go help your friend. 45 00:02:48,369 --> 00:02:50,918 Gee, it seems Joe has buddies. One for you. 46 00:02:50,930 --> 00:02:51,784 All right! 47 00:02:51,895 --> 00:02:53,962 - One for you. - Cool. Thanks, man. 48 00:02:54,071 --> 00:02:55,846 I got plenty of'em. 49 00:02:55,949 --> 00:02:58,679 Hit 'em hard now. For you and for you. 50 00:03:17,768 --> 00:03:20,172 ♪Uh-huh ♪ 51 00:03:21,987 --> 00:03:24,189 ♪ All right ♪ 52 00:03:24,294 --> 00:03:27,024 ♪ Come on ♪ 53 00:03:29,139 --> 00:03:31,307 ♪ Come on All right ♪ 54 00:03:31,413 --> 00:03:33,975 ♪ Well, yeah ♪ 55 00:03:35,533 --> 00:03:38,196 ♪ Well, yeah ♪ 56 00:03:41,762 --> 00:03:44,065 ♪ Outlaw ♪♪ 57 00:03:44,168 --> 00:03:47,157 You don't think the evening was slightly symptomatic of something? 58 00:03:47,266 --> 00:03:50,198 You take me to a college frat bar and you start a fight. 59 00:03:50,298 --> 00:03:52,568 - I did not start it. - You certainly did start it. 60 00:03:52,671 --> 00:03:55,929 Alan, wonderful news. The Kerwin deposition has been canceled. 61 00:03:56,033 --> 00:03:58,471 You don't have to go. Your morning is now free. 62 00:03:58,571 --> 00:04:02,515 Which works out because it seems these two police officers are here to arrest you. 63 00:04:02,625 --> 00:04:06,412 - Are you Alan Shore? - My, aren't you clever! 64 00:04:06,513 --> 00:04:09,042 I bet you make detective one day. 65 00:04:09,151 --> 00:04:11,881 Was my calling him "Alan" a clue? 66 00:04:11,985 --> 00:04:14,974 - Please place your hands behind your back. - Why? 67 00:04:15,083 --> 00:04:18,971 Sir, please, you're under arrest for conspiracy to commit assault and battery. 68 00:04:19,071 --> 00:04:21,442 You have the right to remain silent. 69 00:04:21,543 --> 00:04:25,094 You have it all memorized! Aren't you the spiffy jiffy? 70 00:04:25,201 --> 00:04:29,314 - And a sharp dresser. - You have the right to an attorney. 71 00:04:29,420 --> 00:04:32,353 If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you without charge. 72 00:04:32,452 --> 00:04:35,115 Not to worry, dear! I'll cancel the rest of your day. 73 00:04:45,866 --> 00:04:48,429 And in an unprecedented, if not bizarre move... 74 00:04:48,536 --> 00:04:51,761 the selectmen of Summers Port, Massachusetts, a small south shore town... 75 00:04:51,865 --> 00:04:53,775 population 18,000... 76 00:04:53,875 --> 00:04:56,831 voted six to two yesterday to ban red meat. 77 00:04:56,940 --> 00:05:02,312 As of midnight, it is now illegal to serve or sell beef within the township... 78 00:05:02,412 --> 00:05:06,389 Mayor George Bostwick calling the law a health and safety regulation. 79 00:05:06,499 --> 00:05:08,443 God! Health and safety. 80 00:05:08,543 --> 00:05:11,071 Did they not call a town meeting to discuss this? 81 00:05:11,179 --> 00:05:13,943 Well, they did. And nobody really took it that seriously. 82 00:05:14,047 --> 00:05:17,496 But the mayor controls the selectmen, and this is exactly the publicity... 83 00:05:17,606 --> 00:05:19,606 he's hoping to buy. 84 00:05:19,715 --> 00:05:21,749 In the meantime, my steakhouse is out of business. 85 00:05:21,858 --> 00:05:23,825 How can you ban red meat? 86 00:05:23,934 --> 00:05:26,372 They got a whole campaign. They're gonna go with it. 87 00:05:26,472 --> 00:05:29,304 They plan to promote Summers Port as the seafood capital of the world. 88 00:05:29,405 --> 00:05:31,282 We're carnivores. 89 00:05:31,383 --> 00:05:34,642 When the Pilgrims landed, first thing they did was eat a few Indians. 90 00:05:34,744 --> 00:05:36,913 Is there anything we can do? 91 00:05:37,018 --> 00:05:39,355 - We'll get an immediate T.R.O. - I'll argue it myself. 92 00:05:39,457 --> 00:05:43,042 Ban red meat! That cannot pass constitutional mustard. 93 00:05:43,149 --> 00:05:47,825 The word is "muster," Denny. But you're right... the law lacks condiments. 94 00:05:47,928 --> 00:05:51,220 Let's mark up a motion and get going, and let's do it in Suffolk. 95 00:05:51,322 --> 00:05:54,682 We should contact the owners of the other affected restaurants and have them join us. 96 00:05:57,618 --> 00:05:59,495 32744... 97 00:05:59,596 --> 00:06:01,663 Commonwealth versus Alan Shore... 98 00:06:01,771 --> 00:06:03,681 conspiracy to commit battery. 99 00:06:03,781 --> 00:06:06,261 Tara Wilson for the defendant, Your Honor. We'll waive reading. 100 00:06:06,319 --> 00:06:08,418 I shouldn't think there'll be any question of bail. 101 00:06:08,430 --> 00:06:09,408 What have we got here? 102 00:06:09,516 --> 00:06:11,684 He paid some guys in a bar to assault another guy. 103 00:06:11,790 --> 00:06:13,905 The guy insulted my honor. I was required by 104 00:06:13,917 --> 00:06:15,903 the canons of barroom conduct to respond. 105 00:06:16,009 --> 00:06:19,133 This being America, I simply enlisted unsuspecting warriors... 106 00:06:19,239 --> 00:06:20,999 who had no idea what I was getting them into. 107 00:06:21,051 --> 00:06:22,366 Was anybody hurt? 108 00:06:22,469 --> 00:06:25,031 Cuts and bruises. There was some damage to the bar. 109 00:06:25,139 --> 00:06:27,307 My suggestion is we admit to sufficient facts. 110 00:06:27,413 --> 00:06:31,267 You continue it without a finding, my client makes full restitution to the bar. 111 00:06:31,368 --> 00:06:34,660 - That's not gonna fly. - It was self-defense. Mr. Shore was hit. 112 00:06:34,763 --> 00:06:37,819 The fact that he hired others to do the hitting back doesn't preclude... 113 00:06:37,926 --> 00:06:40,297 If you want a not guilty, counsel, you need a trial. 114 00:06:40,398 --> 00:06:43,949 - We can do it today. - You're ready to proceed now? 115 00:06:44,057 --> 00:06:46,293 I'll stipulate to all the facts in the police report... 116 00:06:46,397 --> 00:06:49,554 though I must take issue with some of the spelling. 117 00:06:49,659 --> 00:06:53,413 If he stips to the facts, I could be ready tomorrow. 118 00:06:53,515 --> 00:06:56,707 Jury trial, of course. I can provide the court with a list of my closest peers. 119 00:06:56,812 --> 00:06:58,913 I leave for Aspen on Wednesday... 120 00:06:59,020 --> 00:07:01,583 so we will complete this in one day. 121 00:07:01,689 --> 00:07:05,870 10:00 tomorrow. The defendant is released on personal recognizance. 122 00:07:05,974 --> 00:07:08,244 Mr. Shore? 123 00:07:08,347 --> 00:07:12,752 It would be a big mistake to come in here thinking this is funny. 124 00:07:17,213 --> 00:07:19,157 You mean it's not funny? 125 00:07:24,167 --> 00:07:26,134 You cannot just ban red meat. 126 00:07:26,243 --> 00:07:28,681 Any municipality can pass reasonable health regulations. 127 00:07:28,782 --> 00:07:30,985 Ah, yes. Let's just pause on that word "reasonable." 128 00:07:31,088 --> 00:07:33,223 Many towns are dry, forbidding the sale of alcohol. 129 00:07:33,330 --> 00:07:35,206 There is an enormous difference between the sale... 130 00:07:35,307 --> 00:07:37,510 Hold on one second, Miss Schmidt. 131 00:07:37,615 --> 00:07:40,278 In my courtroom, we allow counsel to finish their thoughts. We do not... 132 00:07:40,383 --> 00:07:42,158 If I could interrupt. 133 00:07:42,262 --> 00:07:44,925 The author of this particular and preposterous legislation... 134 00:07:45,030 --> 00:07:48,221 happens to be both politically ambitious and a glutton for publicity... 135 00:07:48,326 --> 00:07:51,023 which this new law... funny thing... happens to be generating. 136 00:07:51,127 --> 00:07:53,891 Red meat poses legitimate health concerns. 137 00:07:53,995 --> 00:07:56,265 So do overzealous elected officials. We don't just ban them. 138 00:07:56,368 --> 00:07:58,998 - If only we could. - Now, I shall do the interrupting. 139 00:07:59,104 --> 00:08:02,722 If nothing else, I pride myself on being a conscientious fact finder. 140 00:08:02,828 --> 00:08:05,165 Oh, brother. 141 00:08:05,267 --> 00:08:06,975 Mr. Crane, did you say something? 142 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:09,979 It's a stupid law. Overturn it. Be a man. 143 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:16,274 Mr. Crane was trying to be helpful. Apparently he did not succeed. 144 00:08:16,374 --> 00:08:20,026 What is the reason specifically for your client banning the sale of red meat? 145 00:08:20,131 --> 00:08:23,030 Bovine spongiform encephalopathy. 146 00:08:25,701 --> 00:08:28,826 - Mad cow disease. - We are fearful of an outbreak. 147 00:08:28,931 --> 00:08:30,808 - In Summers Port? - Everywhere. 148 00:08:30,909 --> 00:08:31,746 That's ridiculous. 149 00:08:31,758 --> 00:08:33,965 Very well. We shall hold an evidentiary hearing. 150 00:08:34,073 --> 00:08:36,635 First person I shall hear from is the mayor. 151 00:08:36,743 --> 00:08:39,698 Then, Miss Schmidt, if you so desire, I shall listen to your client. 152 00:08:39,808 --> 00:08:42,011 - Until then, we are adjourned. - Put on a dress. 153 00:08:44,158 --> 00:08:46,102 2:00! 154 00:08:50,025 --> 00:08:51,868 What are you doing? 155 00:08:51,969 --> 00:08:53,936 I know this judge. I know where his buttons are. 156 00:08:54,046 --> 00:08:57,405 Research shows, Denny, it's not wise to antagonize the people... 157 00:08:57,507 --> 00:08:59,473 whose favor you're trying to court. 158 00:08:59,583 --> 00:09:01,460 Oh, come on, Shirley. 159 00:09:01,561 --> 00:09:04,752 You still antagonize me, and we both know what's really going on, don't we? 160 00:09:06,998 --> 00:09:09,762 You sweet man. 161 00:09:09,866 --> 00:09:13,586 It's been a long time since you hit my button. 162 00:09:15,007 --> 00:09:17,536 I doubt you'd even know where to find it. 163 00:09:20,149 --> 00:09:23,633 Just a matter of time, Shirley. Just a matter of time. 164 00:09:25,720 --> 00:09:28,383 This doesn't involve you, man. It's sexual. 165 00:09:28,487 --> 00:09:31,903 I thought you said the judge would strike the law down. 166 00:09:32,015 --> 00:09:35,992 It just got a little tougher, Dominick. They played the mad cow card. 167 00:09:49,614 --> 00:09:53,098 Sometimes a mayor has to do what's right, even if it isn't popular. 168 00:09:53,206 --> 00:09:56,656 Red meat presents risks, which I, as the guardian of my constituency... 169 00:09:56,766 --> 00:09:59,429 am unwilling to assume. 170 00:09:59,535 --> 00:10:01,535 Legislation is capricious on its face. 171 00:10:01,644 --> 00:10:03,611 That'll be our only comment at this time. 172 00:10:03,720 --> 00:10:06,450 Pop goes the weasel. How are you? Denny Crane. 173 00:10:06,555 --> 00:10:08,758 Still cuckoo for Cuckoo Puffs. 174 00:10:08,863 --> 00:10:12,414 Who's your daddy? Denny Crane. Pop goes the weasel. 175 00:10:13,970 --> 00:10:17,330 Simply put, I don't think we can guarantee the safety of beef. 176 00:10:17,431 --> 00:10:18,226 Why not? 177 00:10:18,238 --> 00:10:20,657 For starters, we just lifted the ban on Canadian cattle... 178 00:10:20,760 --> 00:10:25,435 where mad cow disease was just found again. 179 00:10:25,539 --> 00:10:28,697 The percentage of mad cow in Canada is statistically... 180 00:10:28,802 --> 00:10:31,600 But why take chances? Consider this disease. 181 00:10:31,703 --> 00:10:33,804 It's incurable. It rots the brain. 182 00:10:33,911 --> 00:10:37,000 It's invariably fatal, and it's a painful death. 183 00:10:37,108 --> 00:10:41,255 But our government has assured us there's absolutely no danger in this. 184 00:10:41,359 --> 00:10:43,663 Our government is pro beef. Are you kidding? 185 00:10:43,766 --> 00:10:46,855 In the last five years, the agriculture business... 186 00:10:46,962 --> 00:10:49,198 has donated $ 140 million... 187 00:10:49,303 --> 00:10:51,832 to congressional and presidential candidates. 188 00:10:51,939 --> 00:10:54,569 Fast food chains, the Cattlemen's Beef Association. 189 00:10:54,675 --> 00:10:56,944 You name it, they've all given big bucks. 190 00:10:57,048 --> 00:10:59,186 But the Department of Agriculture says that... 191 00:10:59,198 --> 00:10:59,914 Oh, please. 192 00:11:00,014 --> 00:11:02,419 The U.S.D.A.'s in the meat industry's back pocket. 193 00:11:02,519 --> 00:11:04,957 - What evidence do you have of that? - You want evidence? 194 00:11:05,057 --> 00:11:08,777 How 'bout the last secretary of agriculture appointed meat industry advocates... 195 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:11,476 to topjobs at the U.S.D. A? 196 00:11:11,582 --> 00:11:15,200 How 'bout the secretary's former chief of staff used to be... 197 00:11:15,307 --> 00:11:19,713 the chieflobbyist for the National Cattlemen's Beef Association? 198 00:11:19,822 --> 00:11:21,766 The U.S.D.A. Has been bought. 199 00:11:21,866 --> 00:11:24,270 Pretty strong words, Mr. Bostwick. 200 00:11:24,371 --> 00:11:26,865 - Oprah got sued for saying less. - What does that tell you? 201 00:11:26,975 --> 00:11:29,840 The meat industry gets to sue a talk show host for putting down a hamburger? 202 00:11:29,941 --> 00:11:31,975 Free speech doesn't apply when it comes to beef? 203 00:11:32,083 --> 00:11:35,476 Well, certainly the U.S.D.A. Has an interest in making meat safe. 204 00:11:35,576 --> 00:11:37,520 But they have a double mandate, Your Honor. 205 00:11:37,620 --> 00:11:39,497 And while one may be to keep beef safe... 206 00:11:39,597 --> 00:11:43,845 the other... the bigger one... is to promote the sale of American meat. 207 00:11:43,948 --> 00:11:48,061 You think there's a real interest in this country in rooting out mad cow disease? 208 00:11:48,166 --> 00:11:50,998 - It's don't ask, don't tell. - Objection. 209 00:11:51,100 --> 00:11:53,437 This past April, a cow stumbled and fell in Texas. 210 00:11:53,539 --> 00:11:56,528 The vets suspected a central nervous system disorder. 211 00:11:56,638 --> 00:12:00,032 That animal should've been tested. It wasn't. 212 00:12:00,130 --> 00:12:02,400 It was quickly slaughtered and put into pig feed. Why? 213 00:12:02,504 --> 00:12:04,942 Because God forbid we discover mad cow disease. 214 00:12:05,042 --> 00:12:08,626 It'd cost billions and billions of dollars. Well, I'm not gonna wait. 215 00:12:08,733 --> 00:12:11,362 And if that gets me sued, so be it. 216 00:12:16,149 --> 00:12:19,082 How many people in this country have been afflicted... 217 00:12:19,181 --> 00:12:21,450 with the human strain of mad cow disease? 218 00:12:21,554 --> 00:12:23,498 - I don't plan to... - To wait, yes. How many? 219 00:12:23,598 --> 00:12:26,688 - We don't know. - There have been no confirmed cases. 220 00:12:26,794 --> 00:12:29,986 According to some scientists, many people we think have Alzheimer's... 221 00:12:30,091 --> 00:12:32,034 could, in fact, be sick from mad cow. 222 00:12:32,134 --> 00:12:34,438 - Are you a scientist, sir? - No. 223 00:12:34,539 --> 00:12:36,358 Before you became mayor, what was your occupation? 224 00:12:36,370 --> 00:12:37,338 I owned auto dealerships. 225 00:12:37,441 --> 00:12:39,811 You were a car salesman. 226 00:12:39,912 --> 00:12:43,463 Given that three million people are killed or injured on our roads every year... 227 00:12:43,571 --> 00:12:45,515 do you also plan to ban automobiles? 228 00:12:45,613 --> 00:12:46,489 No. 229 00:12:46,501 --> 00:12:49,164 What about salmonella? Any plans to criminalize chickens? 230 00:12:49,272 --> 00:12:52,228 - People don't die from chickens or... - What about mercury in fish? 231 00:12:52,337 --> 00:12:56,618 It's a concern. But again, I made a judgment as mayor. 232 00:12:56,721 --> 00:13:00,170 And the selectmen concurred that the dangers ofbeef... 233 00:13:00,281 --> 00:13:04,327 Have you any personal political ambitions beyond that of being mayor of Summers Port? 234 00:13:04,433 --> 00:13:06,310 I'm not trying to get headlines, if that's what you're saying. 235 00:13:06,411 --> 00:13:08,940 I didn't say that, but funny you did. 236 00:13:10,399 --> 00:13:12,601 You got anything? 237 00:13:13,925 --> 00:13:15,869 You would agree, Mr. Mayor... 238 00:13:15,969 --> 00:13:18,205 that, by and large, vegetarians are communists? 239 00:13:18,309 --> 00:13:20,905 - I certainly would not. - We're at war, Mr. Bostwick. 240 00:13:21,011 --> 00:13:24,798 Think we can win that war if we suddenly say to our soldiers, "No more meat"? 241 00:13:24,901 --> 00:13:27,857 Think a nation of fish eaters can protect the world, you wimp? 242 00:13:27,966 --> 00:13:30,236 - Objection? - Withdrawn. Nothing further. 243 00:13:30,339 --> 00:13:33,698 - Wimp? - What the hell are you doing? 244 00:13:33,800 --> 00:13:36,699 Don't bother with the merits, Shirley. 245 00:13:36,799 --> 00:13:39,664 This case... it's all about the judge. 246 00:14:12,262 --> 00:14:14,139 You asked to see us? 247 00:14:14,239 --> 00:14:16,442 Sit. 248 00:14:16,547 --> 00:14:19,277 Not to worry. This is standard. He purposely doesn't look up. 249 00:14:19,382 --> 00:14:22,966 It's a technique taught in the '40s for establishing dominion. 250 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:33,815 You were involved in a bar altercation last night. 251 00:14:33,916 --> 00:14:36,680 Altercation? I think not. It was a brawl. 252 00:14:36,783 --> 00:14:39,120 And you were arrested. 253 00:14:39,222 --> 00:14:41,660 I was. Trial starts tomorrow actually. 254 00:14:41,761 --> 00:14:44,165 Can I count on you as a character witness? 255 00:14:44,265 --> 00:14:46,961 Who's defending you? 256 00:14:47,067 --> 00:14:51,416 I'm representing myself, with Tara's assistance. 257 00:14:51,516 --> 00:14:54,348 There's no opportunity to plead this out? 258 00:14:54,450 --> 00:14:56,944 Only if I plead guilty, which is, of course, unacceptable. 259 00:14:57,054 --> 00:14:59,290 I have to worry about a three strikes law... 260 00:14:59,394 --> 00:15:02,157 since I plan to commit future crimes. 261 00:15:04,007 --> 00:15:09,076 I don't know what kind of career death wish you have, Mr. Shore... 262 00:15:09,182 --> 00:15:12,902 but if you're convicted, if you get time, your employment will be terminated. 263 00:15:13,005 --> 00:15:15,208 That may be of little consequence to you... 264 00:15:15,313 --> 00:15:17,344 If I had a nickel for every time you've threatened 265 00:15:17,356 --> 00:15:18,998 to fire me, Paul, I could simply retire. 266 00:15:20,586 --> 00:15:23,182 Alan, cut it out. 267 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:26,514 It is not my habit to lecture. 268 00:15:28,595 --> 00:15:30,798 But what you did last night was selfish. 269 00:15:30,902 --> 00:15:35,970 - We have a reputation here at Crane, Poole and Schmidt. 270 00:15:36,077 --> 00:15:39,762 The attorneys here take great pride in that reputation. 271 00:15:39,867 --> 00:15:43,654 It undermines everyone at Crane, Poole and Schmidt... 272 00:15:43,755 --> 00:15:47,081 when a lawyer here is criminally prosecuted. 273 00:15:47,183 --> 00:15:49,880 Your actions hurt people. 274 00:15:51,138 --> 00:15:55,149 All of us must now tender explanations... 275 00:15:55,258 --> 00:15:58,247 to our friends, our colleagues... 276 00:15:58,357 --> 00:16:01,841 to safeguard and repair the reputation... 277 00:16:01,949 --> 00:16:03,983 of Crane, Poole and Schmidt... 278 00:16:04,092 --> 00:16:05,800 Stop it! 279 00:16:09,497 --> 00:16:12,329 I've had it. 280 00:16:14,308 --> 00:16:17,005 Do you hear me? I have had it. 281 00:16:20,670 --> 00:16:23,198 Get out, both of you. 282 00:16:51,618 --> 00:16:54,707 - Personally, I would never eat meat. - Why, Doctor? 283 00:16:54,815 --> 00:16:58,107 We don't have the means to keep track of what cattle are being fed... 284 00:16:58,210 --> 00:17:00,480 nor are we adequately testing them, in my opinion. 285 00:17:00,583 --> 00:17:03,246 Your Honor, I object to paranoia being offered as evidence. 286 00:17:03,351 --> 00:17:05,722 I'm sorry, but it's absolutely reckless... 287 00:17:05,823 --> 00:17:07,857 for a government to be telling us we're safe... 288 00:17:07,965 --> 00:17:10,954 when the scientific community can't necessarily detect all the ways... 289 00:17:11,064 --> 00:17:13,862 this disease can be contracted or transmitted. 290 00:17:13,964 --> 00:17:15,672 But let's look at statistics. 291 00:17:15,776 --> 00:17:19,428 Nobody in this country seems to be getting sick from mad cows. 292 00:17:19,534 --> 00:17:21,444 Judge, we just can't know that. 293 00:17:21,544 --> 00:17:24,803 The disease may have an incubation period of up to 40 years. 294 00:17:24,906 --> 00:17:26,850 You may be infected right now. 295 00:17:26,949 --> 00:17:31,556 My point is, nobody now seems to be demonstrating symptoms. 296 00:17:31,663 --> 00:17:33,933 We don't know that for sure either. 297 00:17:34,035 --> 00:17:38,216 The human strain of the mad cow disease is called Creutzfeldt-Jakob. 298 00:17:38,320 --> 00:17:40,321 We call it C.J.D. 299 00:17:40,429 --> 00:17:44,183 But you can also get C.J.D. Sporadically, with no link to infected meat. 300 00:17:44,286 --> 00:17:46,982 And some of the people we've diagnosed with Alzheimer's... 301 00:17:47,087 --> 00:17:49,031 might, in fact, have C.J.D. 302 00:17:49,131 --> 00:17:53,041 We don't know how many cases there really are. 303 00:17:53,152 --> 00:17:56,174 You cannot tell me the government has all this figured out. 304 00:17:56,283 --> 00:17:59,901 - The government covers this up? - It's probably not so much a cover-up. 305 00:18:00,007 --> 00:18:02,906 It's just we're not terribly motivated to discover the problem. 306 00:18:03,006 --> 00:18:04,936 The economic consequences would be too severe. 307 00:18:04,948 --> 00:18:05,939 Economic consequences. 308 00:18:06,038 --> 00:18:08,802 The beef industry would risk an outbreak of mad cow disease. 309 00:18:08,906 --> 00:18:10,850 That wouldn't bankrupt them overnight? 310 00:18:10,950 --> 00:18:14,242 The beef industry can't always tell when a cow is sick. 311 00:18:14,345 --> 00:18:17,739 And they are desperate to believe that isolated cases are isolated cases. 312 00:18:17,837 --> 00:18:20,275 And the Department of Agriculture just plays along? 313 00:18:20,376 --> 00:18:23,567 The month after that sick cow was found in Washington State... 314 00:18:23,671 --> 00:18:27,391 mad cow testing dropped almost 50%. 315 00:18:27,495 --> 00:18:29,562 - That's outrageous. - It eventually went up. 316 00:18:29,670 --> 00:18:33,154 Look, they tried to track the herd where that Washington cow came from. 317 00:18:33,262 --> 00:18:35,892 They couldn't find 53 of the 80 cows. 318 00:18:35,999 --> 00:18:39,719 They've since admitted their cattle track-back system isn't up and running. 319 00:18:39,821 --> 00:18:42,585 And it would have to be done on a voluntary basis. 320 00:18:42,689 --> 00:18:45,621 Voluntary. Please! 321 00:18:45,721 --> 00:18:49,339 What meat packing plant wants the distinction of having a mad cow? 322 00:18:51,588 --> 00:18:53,498 Which is why I order the fish. 323 00:18:57,586 --> 00:18:59,395 - Denny? - Hmm? 324 00:18:59,498 --> 00:19:02,026 - I'm getting my ass kicked here. - I can see that. 325 00:19:02,134 --> 00:19:04,011 Any suggestions? 326 00:19:06,683 --> 00:19:10,200 - How old are you, sir? - Forty-six. 327 00:19:10,308 --> 00:19:14,095 I'm 72. I could mop the floor with you. You know why? I eat meat. 328 00:19:14,197 --> 00:19:16,860 Makes me strong, builds my immune system... 329 00:19:16,965 --> 00:19:20,165 fights off a whole bunch of other diseases I might've had if I weren't so strong. 330 00:19:21,646 --> 00:19:25,163 Red meat saves lives, baby. You ever think about that? 331 00:19:25,272 --> 00:19:27,792 I'm sorry, but there's no real evidence to support that opinion. 332 00:19:29,523 --> 00:19:31,793 Oh, sorry. 333 00:19:31,896 --> 00:19:34,885 Any hard evidence to support yours? 334 00:19:34,994 --> 00:19:36,736 Hard evidence? No. 335 00:19:40,367 --> 00:19:44,772 But I don't think we really want to wait for that evidence to come rushing in. 336 00:19:49,925 --> 00:19:53,340 I had him there, right to the end. 337 00:19:56,252 --> 00:19:59,275 He basically offered us a hundred dollars to fight. 338 00:19:59,383 --> 00:20:00,922 - You took the money? - Yes. 339 00:20:01,032 --> 00:20:02,774 - And you fought? - Yes. 340 00:20:02,877 --> 00:20:04,821 Thank you, sir. 341 00:20:07,557 --> 00:20:09,658 Interesting. We agree to stipulate to the facts. 342 00:20:09,766 --> 00:20:12,273 The prosecution sees fit to distort them just the same. 343 00:20:12,285 --> 00:20:13,125 Objection! 344 00:20:13,226 --> 00:20:15,928 I didn't say, "Here's a hundred dollars. Go fight," did I? 345 00:20:15,940 --> 00:20:16,844 Well... 346 00:20:16,951 --> 00:20:20,310 Did I not first ask your friend Mike to avenge an assault committed against me? 347 00:20:20,411 --> 00:20:22,512 - Yes. - And then when Mike was attacked... 348 00:20:22,620 --> 00:20:25,103 I enlisted you and others to go to his aid, did I not? 349 00:20:25,115 --> 00:20:25,946 Yes. 350 00:20:26,047 --> 00:20:30,127 The man who first assaulted me had many colleagues who joined the fray, did he not? 351 00:20:30,233 --> 00:20:31,117 Yes. 352 00:20:31,129 --> 00:20:33,817 Joe's friends first turned it into a brawl, wouldn't you say? 353 00:20:33,924 --> 00:20:36,621 - Yes. - And as a friend of Mike's... 354 00:20:36,726 --> 00:20:38,603 is it your testimony... 355 00:20:38,704 --> 00:20:41,760 you would not have gone to his aid had I not offered you money? 356 00:20:41,868 --> 00:20:44,238 No. I would've probably jumped in anyway at that point. 357 00:20:44,339 --> 00:20:46,542 Given your forthright testimony which has shed 358 00:20:46,554 --> 00:20:48,722 blinding light on what happened at the bar... 359 00:20:48,822 --> 00:20:53,204 would you now consider yourself a witness more for the prosecution or the defense? 360 00:20:54,557 --> 00:20:57,916 Um, I guess defense. 361 00:20:58,017 --> 00:21:01,175 Thank you, Mr. Edwards. You deserve another hundred. 362 00:21:09,190 --> 00:21:11,359 Oh, all right. 363 00:21:11,464 --> 00:21:13,341 We're going to lose? 364 00:21:13,442 --> 00:21:16,307 It hasn't gone well. Surely you've noticed. 365 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:19,274 My grandfather started this steakhouse. How can... 366 00:21:19,374 --> 00:21:21,251 I just can't believe it. 367 00:21:21,352 --> 00:21:24,285 Look, it isn't over yet. We still have summations. But... 368 00:21:27,449 --> 00:21:31,563 I'm gonna tell you this one more time. Play the judge. 369 00:21:31,668 --> 00:21:34,534 The man lives with his mother. He wears lifts. 370 00:21:34,635 --> 00:21:36,511 The buzzword is "nansy-pansy." 371 00:21:36,612 --> 00:21:39,478 - I beg your pardon. - Nansy-pansy! 372 00:21:39,578 --> 00:21:42,444 He doesn't want to fall on that side of the fence. 373 00:21:42,545 --> 00:21:44,421 It's even worse than "namby-pamby." 374 00:21:44,522 --> 00:21:46,399 What are you talking about? 375 00:21:46,500 --> 00:21:48,870 Trust me, Shirley. 376 00:21:48,971 --> 00:21:51,409 For once, can you do that? 377 00:21:53,091 --> 00:21:55,855 Nansy-pansy. 378 00:22:04,791 --> 00:22:08,477 - I was thinking perhaps I should close. - Don't be ridiculous. 379 00:22:08,582 --> 00:22:10,493 - I'm sorry? - No offense, Tara. 380 00:22:10,592 --> 00:22:12,896 But since I handled the witness, the jury will be expecting... 381 00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:16,088 Did you see the faces on the jury? 382 00:22:16,195 --> 00:22:19,487 They weren't impressed. They found you smug. 383 00:22:19,590 --> 00:22:22,456 You were perhaps too self-satisfied to notice. 384 00:22:22,556 --> 00:22:25,882 Are we at a certain point in our cycle, Tara? 385 00:22:28,983 --> 00:22:30,927 I apologize. 386 00:22:31,027 --> 00:22:33,464 Do you? 387 00:22:33,564 --> 00:22:35,935 That's a first. 388 00:22:38,377 --> 00:22:40,444 Say what you must. 389 00:22:41,772 --> 00:22:44,176 I was hugely embarrassed by what happened at the bar... 390 00:22:44,277 --> 00:22:46,411 not to mention terrified. 391 00:22:46,518 --> 00:22:50,035 I could have been injured. Did that ever occur to you? 392 00:22:50,143 --> 00:22:53,008 It would've been one thing had you had a neanderthal reaction and swung back. 393 00:22:53,109 --> 00:22:55,413 But your response was considered. 394 00:22:55,515 --> 00:22:58,740 You reflectively, calmly orchestrated your violence. 395 00:22:58,844 --> 00:23:02,496 People could've been hurt. I could've been hurt. 396 00:23:02,601 --> 00:23:04,477 But you've not once considered that. 397 00:23:04,578 --> 00:23:07,668 Because, contrary to the rumor that you are the center of the universe... 398 00:23:07,776 --> 00:23:10,574 clearly you are the universe. 399 00:23:10,676 --> 00:23:13,608 And I, for one, am getting sick of it. 400 00:23:39,911 --> 00:23:42,282 Alan Shore's a good lawyer, Paul. 401 00:23:42,382 --> 00:23:45,574 If we fire him, it does leave a hole. 402 00:23:45,679 --> 00:23:48,611 I am certainly mindful of that. But how far do we let him push us? 403 00:23:48,710 --> 00:23:51,508 He has done this at every firm he has worked for. 404 00:23:51,611 --> 00:23:55,162 He defies them to the point... His last firm sued him. 405 00:23:55,269 --> 00:23:57,505 Yes. And he went on. They didn't. 406 00:23:58,532 --> 00:24:00,004 Schmidt. Called? 407 00:24:00,114 --> 00:24:03,047 Chelina, I called you three hours ago. Where have you been? 408 00:24:03,146 --> 00:24:06,371 - Patriots parade. - The Patriots parade was last week. 409 00:24:06,475 --> 00:24:08,352 Three Super Bowls, four years. 410 00:24:08,453 --> 00:24:10,397 I'm still on parade. 411 00:24:10,496 --> 00:24:14,542 You worked on that Yenetti Meat Packing case last year, didn't you? 412 00:24:14,649 --> 00:24:15,997 Yes. 413 00:24:16,099 --> 00:24:18,436 What do you know about that cow in Washington State? 414 00:24:19,758 --> 00:24:23,735 I am about to suffer an embarrassing defeat in court. 415 00:24:23,844 --> 00:24:26,833 I need to show that what happened in Washington was an isolated... What? 416 00:24:26,943 --> 00:24:28,583 Don't go near the Washington case. 417 00:24:28,689 --> 00:24:31,352 It's possible it wasn't even a downer cow. 418 00:24:31,458 --> 00:24:33,458 What do you mean, "downer cow?" 419 00:24:33,567 --> 00:24:35,735 Basically, it means the cow fell down. 420 00:24:35,842 --> 00:24:39,786 We're told that mad cows are easy to spot because they stumble and fall. 421 00:24:39,895 --> 00:24:42,424 We were told that this cow fell. 422 00:24:42,532 --> 00:24:47,667 But eyewitnesses in Washington say the cow was walking and was tested only as a fluke. 423 00:24:47,773 --> 00:24:49,650 Which means... 424 00:24:49,750 --> 00:24:55,055 While we're being told that the sick cows show easily detectable symptoms... 425 00:24:55,156 --> 00:24:59,100 They sometimes don't and therefore go undetected. 426 00:24:59,209 --> 00:25:01,153 Stay away from the Washington case. 427 00:25:01,252 --> 00:25:03,455 Thank you, Chelina. 428 00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,728 Mm-hmm. 429 00:25:09,460 --> 00:25:12,392 Pardon the expression, but I'm dead meat. 430 00:25:12,492 --> 00:25:14,369 You really think you're going to lose? 431 00:25:14,470 --> 00:25:17,369 I'm tempted to employ Denny's strategy. 432 00:25:17,468 --> 00:25:19,906 Which is? 433 00:25:21,226 --> 00:25:24,058 Nansy-pansy. 434 00:25:26,202 --> 00:25:28,607 All I know is, he instigated the brawl. 435 00:25:28,707 --> 00:25:31,506 The charge is conspiracy to commit aggravated assault. 436 00:25:31,607 --> 00:25:34,237 Talking about me, Brad? 437 00:25:34,344 --> 00:25:37,276 Yeah. We're just trying to imagine you as an instigator. 438 00:25:37,375 --> 00:25:39,252 What's that supposed to mean? 439 00:25:41,990 --> 00:25:44,327 Sorry. Forget it. 440 00:25:44,429 --> 00:25:47,261 No. Let's not forget it. How about you say what you have to say? 441 00:25:47,361 --> 00:25:50,261 Or is that too monumental an effort, completing whole sentences? 442 00:25:50,361 --> 00:25:52,238 - Come on, Alan. - You want to talk about me, Lori? 443 00:25:52,339 --> 00:25:54,459 Perhaps you should reposition yourself behind my back. 444 00:25:54,546 --> 00:25:57,176 - Isn't that rule of the game? - I don't talk about you behind your back. 445 00:25:57,283 --> 00:25:59,316 You're not that interesting. 446 00:26:00,809 --> 00:26:02,450 I'm tired of this. Got that? 447 00:26:06,346 --> 00:26:08,751 I don't know what's going on with you, sport... 448 00:26:08,851 --> 00:26:10,694 but you're certainly smart enough to realize... 449 00:26:10,795 --> 00:26:13,559 that I could probably dismember you in about the time... 450 00:26:15,047 --> 00:26:16,293 - Then do it. - Cut it out! 451 00:26:16,398 --> 00:26:18,240 - What the hell is going on? - Careful, Tara. 452 00:26:18,343 --> 00:26:21,141 I wouldn't want you to get hurt. Listen to me. 453 00:26:21,243 --> 00:26:24,535 Talking to others as if I weren't the only one in the universe. When will I learn? 454 00:26:24,638 --> 00:26:26,413 No. When will we learn? 455 00:26:26,517 --> 00:26:29,472 That you are always right. 456 00:26:31,889 --> 00:26:34,755 That it makes sense to start a barroom brawl. 457 00:26:34,856 --> 00:26:39,103 That it's perfectly reasonable to get into a shoving match at the office. 458 00:26:39,206 --> 00:26:42,498 Nothing could be going on with you. 459 00:26:44,413 --> 00:26:46,414 When will we learn? 460 00:26:49,983 --> 00:26:52,512 Get help. 461 00:27:03,068 --> 00:27:07,282 We had an expression in this country years ago called, "Where's the beef?" 462 00:27:07,386 --> 00:27:11,240 Translation: "Where's the substance?" 463 00:27:11,341 --> 00:27:16,679 Your Honor, do you know anybody who's been victimized by mad cow disease? 464 00:27:16,779 --> 00:27:19,644 Know anybody who knows anybody? 465 00:27:19,745 --> 00:27:24,061 Know anybody who knows anybody who knows anybody? 466 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,076 There's simply not a shred of evidence... 467 00:27:28,183 --> 00:27:31,048 to suggest that a single person in this country... 468 00:27:31,149 --> 00:27:34,543 has ever become ill from a mad cow. 469 00:27:34,643 --> 00:27:38,227 But why wait? That's the mayor's jingle. 470 00:27:38,334 --> 00:27:41,098 Why wait? 471 00:27:41,201 --> 00:27:43,505 Because this man and others like him... 472 00:27:43,608 --> 00:27:46,697 have sacrificed their lives and their livelihoods... 473 00:27:46,804 --> 00:27:48,411 building their restaurants. 474 00:27:48,518 --> 00:27:50,428 Maybe, as a courtesy... 475 00:27:50,529 --> 00:27:53,394 we could wait for a scintilla of evidence... 476 00:27:53,495 --> 00:27:56,687 before arbitrarily destroying their businesses. 477 00:27:56,790 --> 00:28:01,723 The fact is, the U.S.D.A. Has done an exemplaryjob conducting tests... 478 00:28:01,833 --> 00:28:04,699 establishing safeguards to prevent the outbreak of mad cow disease... 479 00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:07,665 which is probably why it hasn't broken out. 480 00:28:07,766 --> 00:28:12,115 Well, we could give in to our fear and panic... 481 00:28:12,216 --> 00:28:13,991 baseless panic. 482 00:28:14,094 --> 00:28:16,431 But that would make us... 483 00:28:20,389 --> 00:28:22,918 a nation of nansy-pansies. 484 00:28:23,026 --> 00:28:25,329 I don't know about you, but... 485 00:28:25,432 --> 00:28:28,826 I don't want to be a nansy-pansy. 486 00:28:34,067 --> 00:28:37,585 Towns make rules all the time. Lots of them. 487 00:28:37,692 --> 00:28:40,558 Zone fast food restaurants out ofbusiness. 488 00:28:40,658 --> 00:28:44,906 Through permits, they can control how you build your house. 489 00:28:45,010 --> 00:28:47,740 Some towns ban alcohol, cigarettes. 490 00:28:47,844 --> 00:28:50,080 Others have curfews. 491 00:28:50,184 --> 00:28:52,060 We do all kinds of things. 492 00:28:52,161 --> 00:28:56,105 The only legal requirement is that the laws are reasonable. 493 00:28:56,215 --> 00:29:01,778 It is not unreasonable to fear an outbreak of mad cow disease. 494 00:29:01,885 --> 00:29:06,593 We've had a case in Washington State, another last month in Canada. 495 00:29:06,696 --> 00:29:09,821 We've just lifted the ban on Canadian beef. 496 00:29:09,926 --> 00:29:13,477 The incubation period for this disease could be decades. 497 00:29:13,585 --> 00:29:17,305 We have no guarantee that we're not already infected. 498 00:29:17,408 --> 00:29:21,981 It is simply reckless for the government to be injecting certainty... 499 00:29:22,088 --> 00:29:23,998 when the scientific community cannot. 500 00:29:24,099 --> 00:29:25,874 And forget mad cow. 501 00:29:25,978 --> 00:29:30,124 We already know that eating beef can cause high cholesterol, heart disease. 502 00:29:30,229 --> 00:29:32,071 It increases the risk of colon cancer. 503 00:29:32,173 --> 00:29:35,690 There's listeria and E. Coli, which has already killed people. 504 00:29:35,799 --> 00:29:37,709 Dioxin... 505 00:29:37,809 --> 00:29:41,101 the poison that almost killed the Ukranian president... 506 00:29:41,204 --> 00:29:44,991 that stuff is on our grazing grass. 507 00:29:45,093 --> 00:29:47,553 Scientists say the average American has about 508 00:29:47,565 --> 00:29:49,768 10 units of dioxin in their blood fat... 509 00:29:49,872 --> 00:29:51,973 simply from eating animal fat. 510 00:29:53,563 --> 00:29:56,001 There are all kinds... 511 00:29:56,102 --> 00:29:58,405 of reasonablejustifications... 512 00:29:58,507 --> 00:30:02,687 for a mayor to try to reduce red meat from the diet of his citizenry. 513 00:30:02,792 --> 00:30:04,859 And let me remind you... 514 00:30:04,967 --> 00:30:06,844 there is nothing... 515 00:30:06,944 --> 00:30:09,382 nothing in the Constitution... 516 00:30:09,483 --> 00:30:14,056 that guarantees anybody the right to sell a hamburger. 517 00:30:21,018 --> 00:30:24,210 Nansy-pansy. 518 00:30:42,837 --> 00:30:44,714 This wasn't self-defense. 519 00:30:44,815 --> 00:30:46,916 Mr. Shore was not under any physical threat... 520 00:30:47,022 --> 00:30:49,393 when he paid the first man to fight. 521 00:30:49,495 --> 00:30:51,955 This was vengeance for hire. 522 00:30:52,065 --> 00:30:55,616 And once that violence began, he started paying others to escalate it. 523 00:30:55,724 --> 00:30:58,128 These facts are not in dispute. 524 00:30:58,229 --> 00:31:01,094 The only real question for you here is... 525 00:31:01,195 --> 00:31:04,880 is Mr. Shore above the law or not? 526 00:31:18,433 --> 00:31:22,017 I've been accused of reflectively... 527 00:31:22,124 --> 00:31:24,821 perhaps even glibly... 528 00:31:24,925 --> 00:31:28,285 orchestrating a little revenge. 529 00:31:28,385 --> 00:31:31,835 Well, I guess that's how I wanted it to look. 530 00:31:31,945 --> 00:31:36,946 A man punched me in the face in front of my girlfriend. 531 00:31:38,273 --> 00:31:40,150 And... 532 00:31:40,251 --> 00:31:43,273 while my instinct was to hit him back... 533 00:31:43,382 --> 00:31:46,371 the truth is, I was afraid. 534 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:50,830 I was fearful that if I retaliated... 535 00:31:50,929 --> 00:31:52,806 he would... 536 00:31:52,907 --> 00:31:54,851 beat me up. 537 00:31:56,170 --> 00:31:59,226 So I got somebody else to do my fighting. 538 00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:01,829 Then things got out of hand. 539 00:32:03,783 --> 00:32:06,873 And, well... 540 00:32:06,981 --> 00:32:10,396 I had to send more and more troops... 541 00:32:10,507 --> 00:32:13,799 to a war that should've ended quickly. 542 00:32:13,902 --> 00:32:16,925 But make no mistake... 543 00:32:17,033 --> 00:32:19,303 my reaction that night... 544 00:32:19,406 --> 00:32:22,271 was not so much reflective... 545 00:32:23,295 --> 00:32:25,239 as it was... 546 00:32:27,118 --> 00:32:29,062 primal. 547 00:32:30,184 --> 00:32:32,127 A man hit me. 548 00:32:33,809 --> 00:32:38,652 And while we like to think of ourselves... 549 00:32:38,752 --> 00:32:40,696 as being evolved... 550 00:32:45,213 --> 00:32:47,650 Maybe I should've just hit him. 551 00:32:49,860 --> 00:32:54,636 There's a warrior that lies within the belly of every man. 552 00:32:54,738 --> 00:32:58,749 A warrior who, in my case, has always gone unsatisfied. 553 00:33:00,176 --> 00:33:03,626 I tried to satisfy it, but without pain. 554 00:33:04,955 --> 00:33:07,292 That's what the craven do sometimes. 555 00:33:08,712 --> 00:33:10,982 They stand out of the fray... 556 00:33:11,085 --> 00:33:14,018 thump their egos along with their chests... 557 00:33:16,095 --> 00:33:18,399 and let others do the fighting. 558 00:33:50,339 --> 00:33:52,283 Well, thank you all for staying late. 559 00:33:56,502 --> 00:33:58,839 I did some research of my own. 560 00:33:58,941 --> 00:34:02,661 As you may know, I pride myself on being a conscientious fact finder. 561 00:34:02,765 --> 00:34:06,416 Here we go. 562 00:34:07,511 --> 00:34:09,388 Mad cow disease is here. 563 00:34:09,488 --> 00:34:12,578 And for all the guarantees supplied by the government... 564 00:34:12,685 --> 00:34:14,786 the scientific community doesn't back them up. 565 00:34:14,894 --> 00:34:16,837 We all have a right to be concerned. 566 00:34:16,936 --> 00:34:20,128 The governmental agencies in place to protect us... 567 00:34:20,232 --> 00:34:24,053 seem to be controlled by the industries we need protection from. 568 00:34:24,155 --> 00:34:27,976 This mad cow disease started out in Europe, and it worked its way over here. 569 00:34:28,076 --> 00:34:31,728 And it is true the scientists are at odds with our government. 570 00:34:31,834 --> 00:34:34,272 But as a trier of fact... 571 00:34:34,371 --> 00:34:38,485 a judge must rely on facts... 572 00:34:38,590 --> 00:34:41,546 and there is no evidence of an epidemic. 573 00:34:41,655 --> 00:34:44,813 If a judge were to allow himself to be governed by fear alone... 574 00:34:44,919 --> 00:34:46,986 well, then it is true, and I agree... 575 00:34:47,094 --> 00:34:49,532 it would make him a... 576 00:34:49,632 --> 00:34:51,800 a nansy-pansy. 577 00:34:53,093 --> 00:34:55,463 This judge is anything but. 578 00:34:55,564 --> 00:35:00,070 I find the law banning the sale of red meat to be premature, if not capricious... 579 00:35:00,179 --> 00:35:01,651 and it is hereby overturned. 580 00:35:01,760 --> 00:35:03,299 Way to go, Judge. 581 00:35:04,397 --> 00:35:06,274 Case adjourned. 582 00:35:09,539 --> 00:35:12,068 - Anybody up for a burger? - Thank you. 583 00:35:12,176 --> 00:35:14,839 Thank you. Thank God. 584 00:35:19,097 --> 00:35:23,480 Well, Denny, I admit I had my doubts, but you won this case. 585 00:35:23,579 --> 00:35:25,456 Thank you. 586 00:35:25,557 --> 00:35:29,108 Does this mean we're having sex tonight? 587 00:35:29,216 --> 00:35:32,767 Allow me the dream a little longer. 588 00:35:34,323 --> 00:35:36,324 I won the day. 589 00:35:36,433 --> 00:35:38,377 I deserve to be rewarded. 590 00:35:39,466 --> 00:35:41,410 I'll give you this. 591 00:35:44,508 --> 00:35:47,564 Denny. Denny. 592 00:35:47,672 --> 00:35:51,583 Denny... Crane. 593 00:36:09,129 --> 00:36:12,061 - I must be acquitted. She's not smiling. - Shh. 594 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,250 Madam foreperson, you've reached a unanimous verdict? 595 00:36:15,357 --> 00:36:18,346 - We have, Your Honor. - What say you? 596 00:36:18,455 --> 00:36:20,839 Commonwealth versus Alan Shore on the count 597 00:36:20,851 --> 00:36:23,355 of conspiracy to commit aggravated assault... 598 00:36:23,465 --> 00:36:27,938 we find the defendant, Alan Shore, not guilty. 599 00:36:28,046 --> 00:36:30,283 We appeal, Judge. 600 00:36:31,969 --> 00:36:35,127 Members of the jury, this completes your service. You can go. 601 00:36:35,232 --> 00:36:37,040 Mr. Shore. 602 00:36:38,494 --> 00:36:40,898 This probably doesn't have to be good-bye... 603 00:36:40,999 --> 00:36:44,022 so much as... until we meet again. 604 00:36:44,130 --> 00:36:47,029 Yes, Your Honor. 605 00:36:49,074 --> 00:36:52,928 - She's attracted to me. - No doubt. 606 00:36:54,051 --> 00:36:58,298 Tara. I am sorry. 607 00:36:58,402 --> 00:37:00,930 I never meant to put you in any danger. 608 00:37:01,038 --> 00:37:02,982 I know. 609 00:37:05,916 --> 00:37:08,376 When you... 610 00:37:10,134 --> 00:37:14,214 Launched into that diatribe about me being the... 611 00:37:14,321 --> 00:37:16,557 The universe. 612 00:37:19,232 --> 00:37:21,670 You said you were sick of it. 613 00:37:24,340 --> 00:37:26,306 Are you sick of me? 614 00:37:31,031 --> 00:37:33,469 Are you sick of me, Tara? 615 00:37:36,172 --> 00:37:38,049 No. 616 00:37:47,147 --> 00:37:49,114 As much as I... 617 00:37:50,937 --> 00:37:54,589 loathe sentiment together with its expression... 618 00:37:56,046 --> 00:37:57,990 I cherish you. 619 00:38:00,957 --> 00:38:03,092 You should just know... 620 00:38:08,340 --> 00:38:11,037 you really, really smell good. 621 00:38:13,745 --> 00:38:16,307 You smell good too. 622 00:38:48,088 --> 00:38:49,965 How did you do? 623 00:38:50,066 --> 00:38:52,898 Jury was out 15 minutes. Not guilty. 624 00:38:52,999 --> 00:38:56,055 I think they took pity on me. 625 00:38:56,163 --> 00:38:58,331 Congratulations. 626 00:39:00,909 --> 00:39:03,606 - I hear you won. - Mmm. 627 00:39:04,766 --> 00:39:06,710 Everything okay? 628 00:39:08,918 --> 00:39:10,862 I don't have Alzheimer's. 629 00:39:12,708 --> 00:39:15,146 I have mad cow disease. 630 00:39:17,322 --> 00:39:19,266 Well, it's nice to finally know. 631 00:39:26,650 --> 00:39:29,583 Ever beat up anybody with your bare hands? 632 00:39:31,660 --> 00:39:33,794 Many times. 633 00:39:33,901 --> 00:39:35,845 Why? 634 00:39:37,065 --> 00:39:39,009 Just asking. 635 00:39:39,109 --> 00:39:41,345 Have you? 636 00:39:43,393 --> 00:39:45,337 No. 637 00:39:48,073 --> 00:39:50,601 Well... 638 00:39:50,710 --> 00:39:53,643 makes you a better man than I, I guess. 639 00:39:56,708 --> 00:39:58,652 Guess so.